London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bethnal Green 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.Total.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3335 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards
VII.—Violence (continued).
Cut, Stab....1......1..1......3
Burn, Scald..7........1........78
Poison..........................
Drowning....2..................2
Suffocation411......1..........4243
Otherwise..........................
2. Homicide.
Manslaughter..........................
Murder..........................
3. Suicide.
Gunshot Wound..........................
Cut, Stab........1..1..........2
Poison............1..1......2
Drowning..........................
Hanging........12..1........4
Otherwise..........................
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes.
Dropsy..1121111..1..19
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition9082..1......123..172179
Mortification11............32..27
Tumour..........................
Abscess..........................
Hæmorrhage........13....2......6
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)..........................
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined21........3....1138